Jamaine Punzalan

Vice President Sara Duterte arrives at the Senate on the second day of the impeachment trial on Tuesday, July 7, 2026. House prosecutors are set to present evidence on the 4th article of impeachment, which focuses on the death threats made by Duterte against President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos,  and former House Speaker Martin Romualdez, and other actions seen as inciting to sedition. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News

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Harlene Delgado

Karen De Guzman

<p>MANILA &mdash; A Quezon City court issued Friday a warrant of arrest against Vice President Sara Duterte for her grave threats case, her lawyer said. </p><p>Duterte &ldquo;has no intention of evading the law&rdquo; and will exercise all her legal remedies, &ldquo;regardless of the question on jurisdiction,&rdquo; her lawyer Paul Lawrence Lim said in a statement.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/8/13/claire-castro-sees-element-of-inciting-to-sedition-in-sara-duterte-s-grave-threats-case-1841">Claire Castro sees &lsquo;element of inciting to sedition&rsquo; in Sara Duterte&rsquo;s &lsquo;grave threats&rsquo; case&nbsp;</a></div><p>The case stemmed from the Vice President&rsquo;s statement in an online briefing that she had arranged for President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr., First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos, and former House Speaker Martin Romualdez to be killed should she be assassinated first.</p><p>She has since said her remarks were taken out of context.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/7/13/nbi-exec-jeremy-lotoc-testifies-before-senate-impeachment-court-1514">NBI exec says Duterte&#39;s alleged grave threats &#39;serious and real&#39;&nbsp;</a></div><p>Duterte&rsquo;s camp earlier sought to dismiss the grave threats cases citing lack of jurisdiction.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/8/14/sara-duterte-s-camp-denies-issuing-threat-over-move-to-dismiss-grave-threats-raps-1845">Sara Duterte&rsquo;s camp denies issuing threat over move to dismiss grave threats raps</a></div><p>&ldquo;Ang sa &#39;ming pananaw kasi &lsquo;yung ating bise presidente ay isang impeachable officer. Sa Constitution kasi may tinatawag na opisyal na pwede lamang matanggal sa kanilang posisyon sa pamamagitan ng impeachment,&rdquo; Lim previously said.</p><p>&ldquo;At dahil sila ay impeachable officer, hindi dapat sila kinakakasuhan ng kasong kriminal katulad ng sinampa sa ating bise presidente,&rdquo; he added.</p><p>The alleged grave threat is one of the impeachment articles in her ongoing Senate trial.&nbsp;</p><div><em>More details to follow.</em></div><div><em></em><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/9/3/sara-duterte-trial-may-continue-into-2027-impeachment-court-spox-says-1445">Sara Duterte trial may continue into 2027, impeachment court spox says</a><br><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/7/23/poa-duterte-has-never-been-violent-1152">&lsquo;She&rsquo;s never been violent&rsquo;: Poa says Duterte is not &lsquo;what she is being portrayed as&rsquo;&nbsp;</a><br><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/7/14/defense-plays-more-clips-from-2024-duterte-video-in-lotoc-cross-examination-1559">Defense plays more clips from 2024 Duterte video in Lotoc cross-examination</a><em></em></div><div><em><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/t_i8eSRhWI4?&wmode=opaque&rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span></em><br></div><div><em>&nbsp;</em></div><div><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></div>

<p>A Quezon City court issued Friday a warrant of arrest against Vice President Sara Duterte for her grave threats case.</p>

A Quezon City court issued Friday a warrant of arrest against Vice President Sara Duterte for her grave threats case.

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Sara Duterte faces arrest warrant for grave threats case

Jamaine Punzalan,

Harlene Delgado,

Karen De Guzman

Published September 04, 2026 02:42 PM PHT

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Updated September 04, 2026 03:12 PM PHT

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